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The Two of Us*: My Life with John Thaw
by Sheila Hancock
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/V Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0747570205
- ISBN 13
- 9780747570202
- Seller
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About This Item
LADIES CHOICE The biography of much loved actor John Thaw, written by his wife Sheila Hancock. Biographies are always fascinating, and this is no exception. John came over as a private man, the book opens a few doors to the reader.. Many B/W illustrations throughout.
This copy is near fine condition. No issues, tears, bumps or marks, and is unclipped, just slight tanning on page edges through age. DJ in pristine condition. 1st/1st. Edition, having full print history 10987654321.Page count 301.Published by Bloomsbury in 2004.
Did you know? John Thaw appeared in the film, "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner," in 1962, but was uncredited. A policeman in many of his roles, he was probably under cover.
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Synopsis
Sheila Hancock's moving and compelling memoir of her marriage to John Thaw When John Thaw, star of The Sweeney and Inspector Morse, died from cancer in 2002, a nation lost one of its finest actors and Sheila Hancock lost a beloved husband. In this unique double biography she chronicles their lives – personal and professional, together and apart. John Thaw was born in Manchester, the son of a lorry driver. When he arrived at RADA on a scholarship he felt an outsider. In fact his timing was perfect: it was the sixties and television was beginning to make its mark. With his roles in Z-Cars and The Sweeney, fame came quickly. But it was John's role as Morse that made him an icon. In 1974 he married Sheila Hancock, with whom he shared a working-class background and a RADA education. Sheila was already the star of the TV series The Rag Trade and went on to become the first woman artistic director at the RSC. Theirs was a sometimes turbulent, always passionate relationship, and in this remarkable book Sheila describes their love – weathering overwork and the pressures of celebrity, drink and cancer – with honesty and piercing intelligence, and evokes two lives lived to the utmost.
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- Bookseller
- PageTurnerBooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BY2023
- Title
- The Two of Us*
- Author
- Sheila Hancock
- Format/Binding
- Tight, Excellent condition. No issues
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- V Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st/1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0747570205
- ISBN 13
- 9780747570202
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 301
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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